January 25 in Type Design Technique & Theory
Does it make sense to add elements from the "Half-Width and Full-Width Shapes" block (FF00-FFEF) to a font that doesn’t contain Asian characters (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean)? When might these characters be useful?
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John Hudson Posts: 3,588
January 25 Answer ✓
Those characters are specific to East Asian typography, so without CJK support they’re not useful. The ‘width’ referred to is CJK character wi…
January 25 in Type Design Technique & Theory
Does it make sense to add elements from the "Half-Width and Full-Width Shapes" block (FF00-FFEF) to a font that doesn’t contain Asian characters (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean)? When might these characters be useful?
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John Hudson Posts: 3,588
January 25 Answer ✓
Those characters are specific to East Asian typography, so without CJK support they’re not useful. The ‘width’ referred to is CJK character width.
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michele casanova Posts: 77
@John Hudson Thanks
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